A-Infos (en) France, UCL press release: IVG in the Constitution, or the tree that hides the forest (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Macronie has accustomed us to publicity stunts. We should not see 
anything else in this superficial constitutionalization of abortion. To 
boast cheaply in view of March 8, the government does not hesitate to 
distort one of the pillars of feminist demands. UCL salutes the hard 
work of the activists in the feminist organizations who carry out this 
project, despite the pitfalls sown by the ruling class. ---- 
Nevertheless, at a time when everywhere in the world the right to 
abortion is threatened (United States, Malta, etc.), reduced or 
eliminated, this facade constitutionalization constitutes a first step. 
The government is in dire straits and is using this struggle to restore 
its image, but if it turns to this issue to do so, it is also a sign of 
the feminist balance of power established through a long struggle by 
generations. of women. UCL salutes the hard work of the activists in the 
feminist organizations who carry out this project, but denounces the 
instrumentalization and the rhetoric.

A symbol to hide a great void
We can rejoice in a symbol, but not if it only serves to mask the 
abysmal lack of resources allocated to respecting the right to abortion 
on the ground. Depending on their geographical, but also social, 
location, a person wishing to have an abortion may encounter great 
difficulties in completing their procedures within the legal deadlines. 
The dismantling of the public hospital where the majority of abortions 
are carried out, the closure of 130 centers in 15 years, or the 
"conscience clause" which still allows doctors to refuse this medical 
procedure are all material obstacles.

Listing abortion as a "freedom" and not as a "fundamental right" is not 
progress. A "right" commits the State to guaranteeing effective access 
to abortion in practice, particularly through financial means. "Freedom" 
is selective: the rich will be able to continue to exercise it even when 
the public health service and Social Security are dismantled. The 
wording retained does not prevent a future law from restricting the 
conditions of access to abortion.

Our rights are not really protected
Let us remember that these obstacles continue and worsen in a context 
where the President is enjoining us to "demographic rearmament."» The 
militarization of society and the march towards war coincide with the 
project of reassigning women to reproduction. Our rights will never be 
guaranteed under capitalism because our bodies will always be adjustment 
variables for capital. Let us also remember that, at the same time, 
French colonialism still ensures control over colonized women. Thus, the 
ARS of Mayotte has been "inviting" for almost a year young Comorian and 
Mahorese women to have their tubes ligated to reduce the number of 
births on the island.

While the Macronists play feminists once a year, the far-right continues 
its propaganda. Vincent Bolloré's reactionary channel, CNews, has 
described abortion as the leading cause of death in the world, equating 
aborted women with murderers.

The right to abortion was won by the struggle. It is through massive 
feminist struggle that we will guarantee its respect, without relying on 
the institutions of the bourgeois state. He doesn't free us, we take 
care of it! It is always our fight against exploitation at work, whether 
salaried or domestic, which will put obstacles in the way of the far 
right. This March 8, everyone on feminist strike!

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?L-IVG-dans-la-Constitution-ou-l-arbre-qui-cache-la-foret
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